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whats a polymer

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covalent bond-linked chain of monomers

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what are informational biopolymers? give examples of this

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DNA, RNA, and protein

polymers that have more than one kind of monomer. order of different monomers is the information

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what are the two elements of the informational biopolymer monomers?

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-a common element (shared by all different monomers for that class of informational biopolymer)
-a characteristic element that makes each monomer different from the others

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what forms the backbone of the polymer?

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covalent bonding between the common elements of monomers

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what forms the side chains of the polymer?

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the characteristic elements

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what happens if there are no joining sites exposed at ends?

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no further growth in polymer chain, only 2 can join together

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in what case can we get a branched polymer?

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if the monomer has three joining its in the common element

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true or false, informational biopolymers can be branched

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false, always linear

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can cells make branched polymer?

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yes, but they arent informational

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what type of DNA do some viruses and bacteria have?

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circular DNA

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true or false, linear molecules may be more efficiently handled than branched molecule

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true

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what type of monomers are informational biopolymers made of

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asymmetric monomers

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what are asymmetric monomers?

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two joining sites per monomer but the two sites are different (B can only join with A, and A can only join with B)

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what does the asymmetry of the monomer lead to?

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asymmetry of the polymer (A end and B end distinct)

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true or false, for all informational biopolymers DNA, RNA, and protein, growth is bidirectional

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false, its unidirectional (only at one end). depicted as added to right end

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what is the protein monomer?

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amino acid

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what is the monomer of DNA and RNA?

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nucleotides

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what is the characteristic element of nucleotides?

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heterocyclic base (rings that have more than one atom). (purines/pyrimidines)

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whats the common element that forms the polymer backbone for nucleotides?

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pentose sugar phosphate

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whats a pentose?

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5 carbon sugar

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what are the joining sites on the common element

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the 5’ phosphate and the 3’ OH (hydroxyl)

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true or false nucleic acid polymer growth is by addition of monomers to the 3’ end

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true

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what are the two ends of the nucleic acid polymer chain?

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5’ phosphate end and 3’ hydroxyl end

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what do DNA and RNA nucleotides differ in?

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pentose sugar

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what is the difference between deoxyribose and ribose?
deoxyribose is missing the 2' hydroxyl of ribose
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what sugar is found in RNA?
ribose
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what sugar is found in DNA?
deoxyribose
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what are the two types of heterocyclic bases for nucleotides?
purines and pyrimidines
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what are the purines
adenine and guanine
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what are the pyrimidines?
uracil, thymine, and cytosine
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what are the two heterocyclic bases that are found specifically in RNA and DNA?
RNA: uracil DNA: thymine
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what is the link between adjacent nucleotides called?
phosphodiester bond
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what is the characteristic element of the proteins?
amino acid side chain R
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what forms the backbone of an amino acid?
carbon (alpha carbon), linked to a COOH (carboxyl group), and a NH2 group
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which stereoisomers of amino acids are used in protein synthesis?
L (NOT D)
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what are the two joining sites on the common element of the protein?
-NH2 (AMINO) -carboxyl (COOH)
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which characteristic of the R group differentiates amino acids
basic or acidic group in the R group
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how many amino acids?
20 different amino acids
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what are the three main classes of amino acids?
-hydrophobic -hydrophilic -special
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what are the two ends of the amino end?
-amino end -carboxyl end
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how are monomers incorporated into the growing polymer chain?
they are energized
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how are monomers energized?
breaking of high energy bond favours the forward reaction
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what are nucleotide monomers in the form of?
high energy nucleoside triphosphate (NTPs)
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what happens to NTPs?
the outer two phosphates are kicked out when the NTP is incorporated into a growing nucleic acid chain
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what are amino acid monomers in the form of before they are added to the polymer?
amino acyl-tRNA esters
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what happens when we want to incorporate the amino acyl-tRNA ester into a polymer?
tRNA molecule is kicked out when the next amino acid is incorporated at the end of a growing protein chain (high energy bond releases energy)
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what are two things that a monomer needs to join a polymer chain?
-energized -enzyme (linkage reaction is catalyzed by a specific enzyme)
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what does the enzyme that helps create the polymer chain associated to?
associated with a template biopolymer that directs the enzyme to incorporate the correct flavour monomer
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what are examples of TEMPLATE biopolymers?
DNA, RNA, mRNA
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whats the biopolymer, template, and enzyme for DNA replication?
biopolymer: DNA template: DNA enzyme: DNA polymerase
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whats the biopolymer, template, and enzyme for protein making?
biopolymer: protein template: mRNA enzyme: ribosome
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whats the biopolymer, template, and enzyme for RNA?
biopolymer: RNA template: RNA enzyme: RNA polymerase
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true or false, RNA and protein usually exist as single polymer chain?
true
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true or false, DNA is usually single stranded
false, its double stranded
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whats RNA involved in?
protein synthesis
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what are DNA strands held together by?
H-bonds between complementary bases
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what are the complementary bases in DNA called?
Watson crick base pairs
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whats the relation between the two DNA STRANDS
antiparallel
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what type of helix is DNA assembled in?
right-handed helix termed B DNA
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whats on the outside of the DNA helix?
sugar-phosphate backbone
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whats on the inside of the DNA helix?
base-pairs
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where can DNA-binding proteins make contact with base pairs? what does this allow for?
major or minor grooves this allows them to identify specific sequences without having to separate the strands
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true or false, duplex DNA strands can be separated and re-associated
true
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what happens if we break H bonds in the DNA helix? can the bonds reform?
strand denaturation -denaturated DNA strands can accurately re-form base-paired duplex DNA by formation of H-bonds between complementary base-pair sequences (renaturation)
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why are DNA denaturation and renaturation important processes?
is used in important biological processes such as DNA replication and transcription
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what is the Tm?
temperature at which the DNA is half melted
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what does the Tm depend on?
depends on base composition
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which base pairs give a higher Tm?
DNA with a higher proportion of GC base pairs
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why does it take more energy to separate a G-C pair than an A-T pair?
G-C: 3 H bonds A-T: 2 H bonds
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